With small changes in his Government but also with key choices of new faces, Nikos Anastasiadis tried to keep balance but also to transform in practice his pre-election slogan "steady steps forward".
On the one hand, the President of the Republic wanted to keep close to the people who helped him in the success of the previous government, while at the same time he tried to strengthen the cabinet with women as well as people from other party areas, avoiding to further disrupt his relationship with leaderships of the two major parties in the intermediate space, Nikola Papadopoulos and Marinos Sizopoulos.
Trust in the old
Haris Georgiadis, George Lakkotrypis, Konstantinos Petridis and Zeta Aimilianidou remain in their key posts, in a move by which Nikos Anastasiadis proved that he has absolute confidence in them. The strongest paper of the Anastasiadis Government is undoubtedly the Nikos Christodoulidis, which many rushed to nominate for the presidency in 2023. The former Parliamentary Representative assumes the key position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at a critical time for the Cyprus issue, while his position is replaced by the DISY Spokesperson Prodromos Prodromou. The Costas Kadis transferred from the Ministry of Education to the Ministry of Agriculture.
New options with technocrats
In the new faces, more technocrats were chosen. The portfolio of the Ministry of Education is taken over by the Senior Officer of the Ministry Costas Hambiaouris, the Ministry of Health the businessman and Marketeer Constantinos Ioannou who will undertake to carry out the GESY, at the Ministry. The lawyer was appointed defense Savvas Angelidis, at the Ministry. The General Director of the Parliament goes to transport Vasiliki Anastasiadis. First Deputy Minister of Shipping is Natasa Pileidou, daughter of Pheidias Pilidis and General Director of CIPA. The Deputy Director of Development Troodos has been appointed Deputy Government Spokesperson. Clelia Vassiliou. The 32-year-old was appointed to the position of Director of the Office of the President Petros Dimitriou, which comes from NEDISY, in an effort of the President to keep balance with the youth after the departure of Christoforos Fokaidis.
The women
Nikos Anastasiadis this time wanted to keep his commitments regarding the presence of women with two Ministers, a Deputy Minister and a Deputy Government Spokesperson.
Nicosia, Paphos and Limassol
Despite the 62,8% given to Nikos Anastasiadis by the province of Famagusta in the second round of the presidential elections, the highest percentage in Cyprus, no choice has been made by the province of Famagusta. From the Ministerial Figure, 10 come from Nicosia, one from Limassol and two from Paphos.
Specifically regarding Paphos, according to information, with the appointment of two ministers from Paphos rushing, Nikos Christodoulidis in Foreign Affairs and Costas Hambiaouris in Education, Nikos Anastasiadis gets rid of the headache created in March 2013, when DIS executives and DIKO shouted for the absence of a member of the Council of Ministers from their province, since during the first composition of the Council of Ministers in 2013, Nikos Christodoulidis and Marios Dimitriadis from Paphos were absent.
The province of Famagusta reacts
However, the reaction seems to be slowly becoming more intense in the province of Famagusta. According to information, both business and party circles seem to be particularly annoyed with the non-inclusion of any personality from the province of Famagusta in the new Ministerial scheme. The Director of the Office of the President, Petros Dimitriou, can derive his origin from Styllos, Famagusta, as well as the name of the Secretary of the Council of Ministers. Theodosius Tsiola to be "marketed" since 2013 in response to the reactions that had already appeared 5 years ago, but despite the significant efforts of the Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the help he admittedly provides at every opportunity in his province, it seems that this time there is fear that free Famagusta will break out with its apparent absence from the new Government.
Especially at this time when important issues are in the foreground, such as the strained relations of EVEA with TEVEA, the obstruction of the procedures for the full transfer of Government Departments from Larnaca to Famagusta, but also the reciprocal moves that the province expects to see from its huge contribution to tourism and the economy in general, all these are the last open capital of the Government Formation. It is recalled that on December 18, Nikos Anastasiadis sent a clear message of recognition of the efforts of free Famagusta to lunch organized by the Famagusta Tourist, Commercial and Industrial Company (TEVEA) for the completion of 5 years of life and its offer.
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